diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0764496..28d8c4c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -265,6 +265,17 @@ Compile a regular expression from the `state` object returned by the
 * `returnState` **{Boolean}**: Adds the state to a `state` property on the returned regex. Useful for implementors and debugging.
 * `returns` **{RegExp}**
 
+**Example**
+
+```js
+const picomatch = require('picomatch');
+const state = picomatch.parse('*.js');
+// picomatch.compileRe(state[, options]);
+
+console.log(picomatch.compileRe(state));
+//=> /^(?:(?!\.)(?=.)[^/]*?\.js)$/
+```
+
 ### [.makeRe](lib/picomatch.js#L285)
 
 Create a regular expression from a parsed glob pattern.
@@ -281,10 +292,10 @@ Create a regular expression from a parsed glob pattern.
 
 ```js
 const picomatch = require('picomatch');
-const state = picomatch.parse('*.js');
-// picomatch.compileRe(state[, options]);
+// picomatch.makeRe(state[, options]);
 
-console.log(picomatch.compileRe(state));
+const result = picomatch.makeRe('*.js');
+console.log(result);
 //=> /^(?:(?!\.)(?=.)[^/]*?\.js)$/
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/picomatch.js b/lib/picomatch.js
index d0ebd9f..fbb8b1c 100644
--- a/lib/picomatch.js
+++ b/lib/picomatch.js
@@ -233,6 +233,14 @@ picomatch.scan = (input, options) => scan(input, options);
  * Compile a regular expression from the `state` object returned by the
  * [parse()](#parse) method.
  *
+ * ```js
+ * const picomatch = require('picomatch');
+ * const state = picomatch.parse('*.js');
+ * // picomatch.compileRe(state[, options]);
+ *
+ * console.log(picomatch.compileRe(state));
+ * //=> /^(?:(?!\.)(?=.)[^/]*?\.js)$/
+ * ```
  * @param {Object} `state`
  * @param {Object} `options`
  * @param {Boolean} `returnOutput` Intended for implementors, this argument allows you to return the raw output from the parser.
@@ -268,10 +276,10 @@ picomatch.compileRe = (state, options, returnOutput = false, returnState = false
  *
  * ```js
  * const picomatch = require('picomatch');
- * const state = picomatch.parse('*.js');
- * // picomatch.compileRe(state[, options]);
+ * // picomatch.makeRe(state[, options]);
  *
- * console.log(picomatch.compileRe(state));
+ * const result = picomatch.makeRe('*.js');
+ * console.log(result);
  * //=> /^(?:(?!\.)(?=.)[^/]*?\.js)$/
  * ```
  * @param {String} `state` The object returned from the `.parse` method.